Description
5" up the octagonal barrel is covered in extremely tightly wrapped and gut stitched hide
The steel boy is painted yellow and features a bakelite fuse and bakelite base
It was supplemented by the Mark 18 electric torpedo in the last two years of the war
but very faint and requires a magnifying glass and sharp eyes to read:
and the first models were issued in the autumn of that year
Original German Pre-WWI Karabiner 88 S Cavalry Carbine by Erfurt Arsenal dated 1890 - Matching Serial 9237 Iraq 5" up the octagonal barrelOriginal Item: Only One Available. Adopted in 1888 the new German Infantry round in 7. 92 X 57mm replaced the old 10. 4mm large bore cartridge adopted in 1871. The M 1888 Rifle was referred to as the "Commission Rifle" and was manufactured as a full Infantry Rifle and a Carbine starting in 1888 and an Artillery Carbine adopted in 1891. Our example is of the Cavalry Carbine is marked over the chamber with (CROWN) ERFURT. 1890., for 1890 manufacture at